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Background Information
Research Question: For all seasons of Jeopardy, from Season 1 through Season 35, what are the most common calendar years referenced in an answer?
Results: The top year was 1996. The decade of the ’90s was the mostly commonly referenced overall.
24% of all Jeopardy answers contained a year, with 1% of those being 1996.
Spikes on the graphs are seen at years ending in 0; many clues reference years by the decade or century only.| years | count |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 1,087 |
| 1999 | 1,024 |
| 1997 | 1,023 |
| 1980 | 999 |
| 2000 | 994 |
| 1960 | 975 |
| 1995 | 961 |
| 1990 | 906 |
| 1998 | 891 |
| 1970 | 868 |
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Historical Context
Frequency of Years Referenced
